Biomedical subjects
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A case study illustrates the aim of this paper, which is to discuss the clinical and theoretical implications of adult patients who have experienced extreme or catastrophic stress in their distant past which may not be immediately "recognisable". A close relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder (as defined in DSM-III-R) is suggested.
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Over the last 20 years, much has been written on the morbidity that results from disasters. However, it is only since 1980 with the introduction of the "new" diagnostic category of "post-traumatic stress disorder" in the third edition of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-III) that a specific diagnosis has become available for many of the victims of such disasters. While, as a condition, it has been recognized from antiquity, it has lacked official recognition in the nomenclature and has tended to be viewed, particularly between the end of World War II and the introduction of DSM-III, as a transient disorder. A description of the disorder is followed by a discussion of its relevance with particular reference to papers by Australian and New Zealand authors.
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